ANTICIPOINTMENT (n) What viewers experience when you fall short of their expectations after over-promoting a story or show.

INGEST (v) To file raw or feed video into a server. "Quick, ingest that tape!"

PREEMPTNITION (n) The feeling you have when you realize the story you've worked on for a week is about to get bumped from the show.

BINGO (n) When an aircraft reaches the point of having to return to refuel. "We're 10 minutes from bingo," radioed the chopper pilot to the assignment desk.

Link to their entire list of TV jargon to date, Discuss

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